Memorial: Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, D.D. 1806-1888Beacon Press, 1889 - 24 pages |
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... duty to preach the gospel were awakened with an irrepressible force . Hitherto , he said , he “ had shrunk from the position both from the consciousness of unfitness and the total want of the means for securing the necessary ...
... duty to preach the gospel were awakened with an irrepressible force . Hitherto , he said , he “ had shrunk from the position both from the consciousness of unfitness and the total want of the means for securing the necessary ...
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... duty , and seeing , they were compelled to admire and approve , and in very numerous instances to imitate , by ... duties of a devoted Christian life , as demanded by the just and rightful authority of God . Not to perform them was to ...
... duty , and seeing , they were compelled to admire and approve , and in very numerous instances to imitate , by ... duties of a devoted Christian life , as demanded by the just and rightful authority of God . Not to perform them was to ...
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... duty to yield immediately to the authority of God , that he was very successful , especially in seasons of religious revival , in overcoming the opposition of the heart to God and in bringing many souls to Christ . He never apologized ...
... duty to yield immediately to the authority of God , that he was very successful , especially in seasons of religious revival , in overcoming the opposition of the heart to God and in bringing many souls to Christ . He never apologized ...
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... duty to leave the providential ordering of his lot to him who " giveth not account of his matters , " but whom the divine sufferer taught us to trust as children their father , saying in the keenest sorrows , " Even so Father , for so ...
... duty to leave the providential ordering of his lot to him who " giveth not account of his matters , " but whom the divine sufferer taught us to trust as children their father , saying in the keenest sorrows , " Even so Father , for so ...
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... duty ; Interpreted and sanctified by love , An inspiration , inbreathed from above ; The Spirit's " unction , " rich in grace and beauty . Intense in purpose , to his latest breath , Under the pressure of imperious haste , And with an ...
... duty ; Interpreted and sanctified by love , An inspiration , inbreathed from above ; The Spirit's " unction , " rich in grace and beauty . Intense in purpose , to his latest breath , Under the pressure of imperious haste , And with an ...
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Page 23 - The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Page 6 - Great peace have they which love thy law : and nothing shall offend them.
Page 19 - Our Light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." These were the truths this minister of Christ had often proclaimed ; they were the truths he was enabled to illustrate in his life. God's law bade him bow in meekness and patience, in resignation and submission, to God's appointment...
Page 15 - So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
Page 13 - Association places on record for perpetual preservation its appreciation of the signal ability and steadfast devotion with which he has given himself to this work during his long and honorable time of service ; of his self-denying efforts in securing funds in trying times of our history, which, with the generosity of others, have placed this institution upon permanent and useful ground ; of his devotion to the Library, which has thus grown from 3,638 volumes to 33,473, and...
Page 13 - Library, which has thus grown from 3,638 volumes to 33,473, and from 20,000 pamphlets to 140,000, without cost to the treasury ; and of his jealous care for all the interests of this House, and of his love for the great cause of the Master which inspired all these works.
Page 8 - ... sensible, discreet, and of uncommon executive force. When he resigned his pastorate here some of his people asked him what kind of a man they should choose as his successor. "I do not wish to interfere," he said; "suit yourselves, only I do hope you will get somebody who has some snap aM&getojf'm him.
Page 10 - ... Just before graduating from the Theological Seminary at New Haven, he was invited to Chelsea, Mass., as a candidate for the pastorate of a church not yet formed. He preached his first sermons here August 29, 1841, and commenced visiting with a view of organizing a Congregational church. On the...